Your unique strengths are in part determined by your genetic heritage, your DNA.
Through the study of genetics we have learned that each individual has a totally unique code of DNA. Unless you happen to be a twin, no one else on earth now, in the past, or in the future will ever be exactly like you.
Your Unique Strengths Formula
As it is with our genetic DNA, so it is with our unique strengths and talents. Each of us has a personalized formula which makes us completely different than anyone else. I use this formula to express this for me:
+ What we are born with (our DNA)
+ Our set of our unique experiences in life
+ The unique environment in which we have lived (socially, politically, culturally and historically)
= Your unique set of talents and strengths: your strength – DNA
What Your Unique Strengths Mean for You
The implications of this formula are astounding:
- No one else on earth can do exactly what you can do.
- No one else on earth knows exactly what you know.
- The better you understand and harness your unique strengths, the more successful you can be.
- Your perspective is totally unique: no one else sees the world in the same way that you see it.
- To focus on your weaknesses is a relative waste of time. Recognizing your unique strengths can result in you being far more successful.
- No one is better prepared to manage your future than you.
- Everyone you meet has their own unique Strengths – DNA. If you focus on understanding people’s Strengths – DNA, you can better appreciate and understand other people.
- In order to optimize your success in life, you must align your unique Strengths – DNA with a career where you can use your talents to their fullest.
I’m interested in your thoughts about this formula and its implications. In the next few weeks I will focus on how to discover and understand your strengths – DNA.